Historical Analysis of National Subjective Wellbeing using millions of Digitized Books
Author
Abstract
Suggested Citation
Download full text from publisher
Other versions of this item:
- Hills, Thomas & Illushka Seresinhe, Chanuki & Proto, Eugenio & Sgroi, Daniel, 2019. "Historical Analysis of National Subjective Wellbeing using Millions of Digitized Books," CEPR Discussion Papers 13636, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Thomas Hills & Eugenio Proto & Daniel Sgroi & Chanuki Illushka Seresinhe, 2016. "Historical Analysis of National Subjective Wellbeing Using Millions of Digitized Books," CESifo Working Paper Series 5906, CESifo.
- Hills, Thomas & Proto, Eugenio & Sgroi, Daniel, 2015. "Historical Analysis of National Subjective Wellbeing using Millions of Digitized Books," CAGE Online Working Paper Series 236, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE).
- Hills, Thomas & Proto, Eugenio & Sgroi, Daniel, 2015. "Historical Analysis of National Subjective Wellbeing Using Millions of Digitized Books," IZA Discussion Papers 9195, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
References listed on IDEAS
- Angus Deaton, 2008.
"Income, Health, and Well-Being around the World: Evidence from the Gallup World Poll,"
Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 22(2), pages 53-72, Spring.
- Angus Deaton, 2008. "Income, Health, and Well-Being around the World: Evidence from the Gallup World Poll," Working Papers 1124, Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Center for Health and Wellbeing..
- Stephen Broadberry & Bruce Campbell & Alexander Klein & Mark Overton & Bas van Leeuwen, 2012. "British Economic Growth, 1270-1870: an output-based approach," Studies in Economics 1203, School of Economics, University of Kent.
- Mike Thelwall & Kevan Buckley & Georgios Paltoglou, 2011. "Sentiment in Twitter events," Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 62(2), pages 406-418, February.
- Robert J. MacCulloch & Rafael Di Tella & Andrew J. Oswald, 2001.
"Preferences over Inflation and Unemployment: Evidence from Surveys of Happiness,"
American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 91(1), pages 335-341, March.
- DiTella, Rafael & MacCulloch, Robert & Oswald, Andrew J., 2001. "Preferences over inflation and unemployment: Evidence from surveys of happiness," ZEI Working Papers B 03-2001, University of Bonn, ZEI - Center for European Integration Studies.
- Jutta Bolt & Jan Luiten Zanden, 2014. "The Maddison Project: collaborative research on historical national accounts," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 67(3), pages 627-651, August.
- repec:pri:cheawb:deaton_income_health_and_wellbeing_around_the_world_evidence_%20from_gall is not listed on IDEAS
- Mike Thelwall & Kevan Buckley & Georgios Paltoglou, 2011. "Sentiment in Twitter events," Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 62(2), pages 406-418, February.
- Daniel J. Benjamin & Ori Heffetz & Miles S. Kimball & Alex Rees-Jones, 2012. "What Do You Think Would Make You Happier? What Do You Think You Would Choose?," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 102(5), pages 2083-2110, August.
- M. Keith Chen, 2011. "The Effect of Language on Economic Behavior: Evidence from Savings Rates, Health Behaviors, and Retirement Assets," Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers 1820, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University, revised Dec 2012.
- Peter Dodds & Christopher Danforth, 2010. "Measuring the Happiness of Large-Scale Written Expression: Songs, Blogs, and Presidents," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 11(4), pages 441-456, August.
- M. Keith Chen, 2013. "The Effect of Language on Economic Behavior: Evidence from Savings Rates, Health Behaviors, and Retirement Assets," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 103(2), pages 690-731, April.
- Jerven, Morten, 2012. "An unlevel playing field: national income estimates and reciprocal comparison in global economic history," Journal of Global History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 7(1), pages 107-128, March.
Citations
Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
Cited by:
- Rossouw, Stephanie & Greyling, Talita, 2020. "Big Data and Happiness," GLO Discussion Paper Series 634, Global Labor Organization (GLO).
- Mohsen Joshanloo & Veljko Jovanović & Tim Taylor, 2019. "A multidimensional understanding of prosperity and well-being at country level: Data-driven explorations," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 14(10), pages 1-31, October.
Most related items
These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.- Andrew E. Clark, 2018.
"Four Decades of the Economics of Happiness: Where Next?,"
Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, vol. 64(2), pages 245-269, June.
- Andrew E. Clark, 2018. "Four Decades of the Economics of Happiness: Where Next?," Post-Print halshs-01884164, HAL.
- Andrew E. Clark, 2018. "Four Decades of the Economics of Happiness: Where Next?," PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) halshs-01884164, HAL.
- Jan-Emmanuel De Neve & George Ward & Femke De Keulenaer & Bert Van Landeghem & Georgios Kavetsos & Michael I. Norton, 2018.
"The Asymmetric Experience of Positive and Negative Economic Growth: Global Evidence Using Subjective Well-Being Data,"
The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 100(2), pages 362-375, May.
- Femke De Keulenaer & Jan-Emmanuel De Neve & Georgios Kavetsos & Michael I. Norton & Bert Van Landeghem & George W. Ward, 2014. "The Asymmetric Experience of Positive and Negative Economic Growth: Global Evidence Using Subjective Well-Being Data," CEP Discussion Papers dp1304, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
- De Neve, Jan-Emmanuel & Ward, George W. & De Keulenaer, Femke & van Landeghem, Bert & Kavetsos, Georgios & Norton, Michael I., 2015. "The Asymmetric Experience of Positive and Negative Economic Growth: Global Evidence Using Subjective Well-Being Data," IZA Discussion Papers 8914, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- De Neve, Jan-Emmanuel & Ward, George W. & de Keulenaer, Femke & van Landeghem, Bert & Kavetsos, Georgios & Norton, Michael I., 2014. "The asymmetric experience of positive and negative economic growth: global evidence using subjective well-being data," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 60054, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
- Dolan, Paul & Kavetsos, Georgios & Krekel, Christian & Mavridis, Dimitris & Metcalfe, Robert & Senik, Claudia & Szymanski, Stefan & Ziebarth, Nicolas R., 2019.
"Quantifying the intangible impact of the Olympics using subjective well-being data,"
Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 177(C), pages 1-1.
- Dolan, Paul & Kavetsos, Georgios & Krekel, Christian & Mavridis, Dimitris & Metcalfe, Robert & Senik, Claudia & Szymanski, Stefan & Ziebarth, Nicolas R., 2019. "Quantifying the intangible impact of the Olympics using subjective well-being data," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 103403, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
- Paul Dolan & Georgios Kavetsos & Christian Krekel & Dimitris Mavridis & Robert Metcalfe & Claudia Senik & Stefan Szymanski & Nicolas R. Ziebarth, 2019. "Quantifying the Intangible Impact of the Olympics Using Subjective Well-Being Data," CEP Discussion Papers dp1643, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
- Dolan, Paul & Kavetsos, Georgios & Krekel, Christian & Mavridis, Dimitris & Metcalfe, Renuka & Senik, Claudia & Szymanski, Stefan & Ziebarth, Nicolas R., 2019. "Quantifying the Intangible Impact of the Olympics Using Subjective Well-Being Data," IZA Discussion Papers 12547, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Paul Dolan & Georgios Kavetsos & Christian Krekel & Dimitris Mavridis & Robert Metcalfe & Claudia Senik & Stefan Szymanski & Nicolas Ziebarth, 2019. "Quantifying the intangible impact of the Olympics using subjective well-being data," Post-Print halshs-02297907, HAL.
- Paul Dolan & Georgios Kavetsos & Christian Krekel & Dimitris Mavridis & Robert Metcalfe & Claudia Senik & Stefan Szymanski & Nicolas Ziebarth, 2019. "Quantifying the intangible impact of the Olympics using subjective well-being data," PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) halshs-02297907, HAL.
- Paul Dolan & Georgios Kavetsos & Christian Krekel & Dimitris Mavridis & Robert Metcalfe & Claudia Senik & Stefan Szymanski & Nicolas R. Ziebarth, 2019. "Quantifying the intangible impact of the Olympics using subjective well-being data," Working Papers halshs-01349354, HAL.
- Bahadır Dursun & Resul Cesur, 2016. "Transforming lives: the impact of compulsory schooling on hope and happiness," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 29(3), pages 911-956, July.
- Proto, Eugenio & Rustichini, Aldo, 2012.
"Life Satisfaction, Household Income and Personality Traits,"
The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS)
988, University of Warwick, Department of Economics.
- Proto, Eugenio & Rustichini, Aldo, 2012. "Life Satisfaction, Household Income and Personality Traits," Economic Research Papers 270640, University of Warwick - Department of Economics.
- Proto, Eugenio & Rustichini, Aldo, 2012. "Life Satisfaction, Household Income and Personality Traits," CAGE Online Working Paper Series 86, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE).
- Easterlin, Richard A. & Angelescu McVey, Laura & Switek, Malgorzata & Sawangfa, Onnicha & Zweig, Jacqueline Smith, 2011. "The Happiness-Income Paradox Revisited," IZA Discussion Papers 5799, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Andrew E. Clark, 2015.
"SWB as a Measure of Individual Well-Being,"
Working Papers
halshs-01134483, HAL.
- Andrew E. Clark, 2016. "SWB as a Measure of Individual Well-Being," Post-Print halshs-01383897, HAL.
- Andrew E. Clark, 2015. "SWB as a Measure of Individual Well-Being," PSE Working Papers halshs-01134483, HAL.
- Andrew E. Clark, 2016. "SWB as a Measure of Individual Well-Being," PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) halshs-01383897, HAL.
- Dorsett, Richard & Oswald, Andrew J., 2014.
"Human Well-being and In-Work Benefits: A Randomized Controlled Trial,"
IZA Discussion Papers
7943, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Dr Richard Dorsett, 2014. "Human well-being and in-work benefits: a randomized controlled trial," National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) Discussion Papers 424, National Institute of Economic and Social Research.
- Dorsett, Richard & Oswald, Andrew J., 2014. "Human well-being and in-work benefits: A randomized controlled trial," CAGE Online Working Paper Series 182, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE).
- Dorsett, Richard & Oswald, Andrew J, 2014. "Human Well-Being And In-Work Benefits: A Randomized Controlled Trial," The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS) 1038, University of Warwick, Department of Economics.
- Dorsett, Richard & Oswald, Andrew J., 2014. "Human Well-Being And In-Work Benefits: A Randomized Controlled Trial," Economic Research Papers 270419, University of Warwick - Department of Economics.
- Eugenio Proto & Andrew J. Oswald, 2015. "National Happiness and Genetic Distance: A Cautious Exploration," CESifo Working Paper Series 5659, CESifo.
- Ma, Jie & Tse, Ying Kei & Wang, Xiaojun & Zhang, Minhao, 2019. "Examining customer perception and behaviour through social media research – An empirical study of the United Airlines overbooking crisis," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 127(C), pages 192-205.
- Easterlin, Richard A. & Angelescu McVey, Laura, 2009. "Happiness and Growth the World Over: Time Series Evidence on the Happiness-Income Paradox," IZA Discussion Papers 4060, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Stefano Bartolini & Francesco Sarracino, 2014. "It's not the economy, stupid! How social capital and GDP relate to happiness over time," Papers 1411.2138, arXiv.org.
- Sergei Guriev & Ekaterina Zhuravskaya, 2009.
"(Un)happiness in Transition,"
Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 23(2), pages 143-168, Spring.
- Sergei Guriev & Ekaterina Zhuravskaya, 2007. "(Un)Happiness in Transition," Working Papers w0111, New Economic School (NES).
- Sergei Guriev & Ekaterina Zhuravskaya, 2009. "(Un)Happiness in Transition," Sciences Po publications info:hdl:2441/7fst0pcf5j8, Sciences Po.
- Sergei Guriev & Ekaterina Zhuravskaya, 2007. "(Un)Happiness in Transition," Working Papers w0111, Center for Economic and Financial Research (CEFIR).
- Guriev, Sergei & Zhuravskaya, Ekaterina, 2009. "(Un)Happiness in Transition," CEPR Discussion Papers 7258, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- BARTOLINI Stefano & SARRACINO Francesco, 2011.
"Happy for How Long? How Social Capital and GDP relate to Happiness over Time,"
LISER Working Paper Series
2011-60, LISER.
- Stefano Bartolini & Francesco Sarracino, 2011. "Happy for How Long? How Social Capital and GDP relate to Happiness over Time," Department of Economics University of Siena 621, Department of Economics, University of Siena.
- Proto, Eugenio & Rustichini, Aldo, 2015.
"Life satisfaction, income and personality,"
Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier, vol. 48(C), pages 17-32.
- Proto, Eugenio & Rustichini, Aldo, 2015. "Life Satisfaction, Income and Personality," IZA Discussion Papers 8837, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Angerer, Silvia & Glätzle-Rützler, Daniela & Lergetporer, Philipp & Sutter, Matthias, 2015.
"Donations, risk attitudes and time preferences: A study on altruism in primary school children,"
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 115(C), pages 67-74.
- Angerer, Silvia & Glätzle-Rützler, Daniela & Lergetporer, Philipp Jürgen Huber & Sutter, Matthias, 2014. "Donations, risk attitudes and time preferences: a study on altruism in primary school children," Economics Working Papers ECO2014/04, European University Institute.
- Silvia Angerer & Daniela Glätzle-Rützler & Philipp Lergetporer & Matthias Sutter, 2014. "Donations, risk attitudes and time preferences: A study on altruism in primary school children," Working Papers 2014-21, Faculty of Economics and Statistics, University of Innsbruck.
- Silvia Angerer & Daniela Glätzle-Rützler & Philipp Lergetporer & Matthias Sutter, 2014. "Donations, risk attitudes and time preferences: A study on altruism in primary school children," ifo Working Paper Series 177, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich.
- Angerer, Silvia & Glätzle-Rützler, Daniela & Lergetporer, Philipp & Sutter, Matthias, 2014. "Donations, Risk Attitudes and Time Preferences: A Study on Altruism in Primary School Children," IZA Discussion Papers 8020, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Arik Levinson, 2013. "Happiness as a Public Policy Tool," Working Papers gueconwpa~13-13-04, Georgetown University, Department of Economics.
- Layard, Richard & Mayraz, Guy & Nickell, Stephen, 2009.
"Does relative income matter? Are the critics right?,"
LSE Research Online Documents on Economics
28594, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
- Richard Layard & Guy Mayraz & Stephen Nickell, 2009. "Does Relative Income Matter? Are the Critics Right?," CEP Discussion Papers dp0918, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
- Richard Layard & Guy Mayraz & Stephen Nickell, 2009. "Does Relative Income Matter?: Are the Critics Right?," SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research 210, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP).
- Sahil & Sandeep Kumar Sood, 0. "Bibliometric monitoring of research performance in ICT-based disaster management literature," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 0, pages 1-30.
- Andrew E. Clark & Claudia Senik, 2010.
"Will GDP growth increase happiness in developing countries?,"
PSE Working Papers
halshs-00564985, HAL.
- Andrew E. Clark & Claudia Senik, 2010. "Will GDP growth increase happiness in developing countries?," Working Papers halshs-00564985, HAL.
- Andrew E. Clark & Claudia Senik, 2010. "Will GDP Growth Increase Happiness in Developing Countries?," Post-Print halshs-00654707, HAL.
- Clark, Andrew E. & Senik, Claudia, 2010. "Will GDP Growth Increase Happiness in Developing Countries?," CEPREMAP Working Papers (Docweb) 1024, CEPREMAP.
- Clark, Andrew E. & Senik, Claudia, 2011. "Will GDP Growth Increase Happiness in Developing Countries?," IZA Discussion Papers 5595, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
More about this item
Keywords
historical subjective well-being ; language ; big data ; GDP ; conflict;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- N3 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy
- N4 - Economic History - - Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation
- O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development
- D6 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-BIG-2019-01-28 (Big Data)
- NEP-CUL-2019-01-28 (Cultural Economics)
- NEP-HAP-2019-01-28 (Economics of Happiness)
- NEP-HEA-2019-01-28 (Health Economics)
- NEP-HIS-2019-01-28 (Business, Economic & Financial History)
Statistics
Access and download statisticsCorrections
All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:wrk:warwec:1186. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.
For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: (Margaret Nash). General contact details of provider: http://edirc.repec.org/data/dewaruk.html .
If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.
If CitEc recognized a reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .
If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.
Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.